A letter to W. Mason ... concerning his edition of mr. Gray's poems and the practices of booksellers, by a bookseller [J. Murray].1777 |
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... upon . And the editor , never lofing fight of felf , was determined at all events to fwell his book into a volume in quarto , with the affiftance of Mr. Gray's 1 Gray's private correfpondence , with- out paying any regard 16 A LETTER TO.
... upon . And the editor , never lofing fight of felf , was determined at all events to fwell his book into a volume in quarto , with the affiftance of Mr. Gray's 1 Gray's private correfpondence , with- out paying any regard 16 A LETTER TO.
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... quarto , at the price of eighteen fhillings . " NOR was he deceived in the pro- mised harvest . The work , adver- tifed " The Poems of Mr. Gray * , foon fold off . And the reputation of that celebrated poet occafions it , in fome degree ...
... quarto , at the price of eighteen fhillings . " NOR was he deceived in the pro- mised harvest . The work , adver- tifed " The Poems of Mr. Gray * , foon fold off . And the reputation of that celebrated poet occafions it , in fome degree ...
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... quarto edition , four hundred and fixteen pages of a far- rago , which he entitled " Memoirs " of the Life and Writings of Mr. 66 Gray , " in order to raise a large contribution on the public , yet he was fenfible it was Mr. Gray's ...
... quarto edition , four hundred and fixteen pages of a far- rago , which he entitled " Memoirs " of the Life and Writings of Mr. 66 Gray , " in order to raise a large contribution on the public , yet he was fenfible it was Mr. Gray's ...
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... quarto of five hundred pages ; and have inferted them in a volume , ad- mitted by Mr. Mafon himself , to be common property , and which was free to me as well as to him to print . He will not , furely , pretend that thefe lines became ...
... quarto of five hundred pages ; and have inferted them in a volume , ad- mitted by Mr. Mafon himself , to be common property , and which was free to me as well as to him to print . He will not , furely , pretend that thefe lines became ...
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accompliſh advertiſement affigned againſt Aicken's Poems alfo alſo Annual Regifter aſked avarice becauſe befides bookfellers cation cauſe cenfure certain bookfellers Chriſtian confiderable Court of Chancery decifion deferving defign defire Different bookſellers difintereſted conduct diſcovered Dodfley edition emolument English Garden entitled exclufive right Extract fale fame fatisfaction fcience feems felf feller fhall fhould fidered fifty lines file a bill fince firft firſt fixteen pages fmiling fold fome degree foon fradulent practices friendſhip ftands fuftain fuppofe furely furniſhed Gray Gray's Poems greateſt himſelf Hoel honeft honour inferted inftance injury laft life-time literary property Mafon's idea Magazine Maſon Memoirs Mifcellany Miſs moſt Murray MURRAY'S REPUTED ACT muſt perfon permitted perty piracy pirate pleaſure Precentor of York prefumed preſent pretend printed profecute profeffion profits publiſhed quarto queftion reaſon redreſs refolved ſay ſmall ſurely tain thefe theſe thor tion treſpaſs uſe Verfes verſes Voltaire whofe
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Сторінка 58 - ... merely as a man of letters; and though without birth, or fortune, or station, his desire was to be looked upon as a private independent gentleman, who read for his amusement.
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Сторінка 59 - What signifies so much knowledge, when it produced so little? Is it worth taking so much pains to leave no memorial but a few poems?
Сторінка 61 - And redd'ning Phcebus lifts his golden fire : The birds in vain their amorous descant join; Or cheerful fields resume their green attire : These ears, alas ! for other notes repine, A different object do these eyes require. My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine ; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire.
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